The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Too Busy for a Friend.....One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.

Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.

It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.

That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. 'Really?' she heard whispered. 'I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!' and, 'I didn't know others liked me so much,' were most of the comments.

No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.Several years later, one of the students was killed inVietnam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature.

The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. 'Were you Mark's math teacher?' he asked. She nodded: 'yes.' Then he said: 'Mark talked about you a lot.'After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.'We want to show you something,' his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket 'They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.'

Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him.

'Thank you so much for doing that,' Mark's mother said. 'As you can see, Mark treasured it.'

All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, 'I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.'

Chuck's wife said, 'Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.'

'I have mine too,' Marilyn said. 'It's in my diary'

Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at all times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: 'I think we all saved our lists'

That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again.

The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will be.

So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late.

And One Way To Accomplish This Is: Forward this message on. If you do not send it, you will have, once again passed up the wonderful opportunity to do something nice and beautiful.

If you've received this, it is because someone cares for you and it means there is probably at least someone for whom you care.

If you're 'too busy' to take those few minutes right now to forward this message on, would this be the VERY first time you didn't do that little thing that would make a difference in your relationships?

The more people that you send this to, the better you'll be at reaching out to those you care about.

Remember, you reap what you sow. What you put into the lives of others comes back into your own.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Good morning everyboomie. :wave:

A tip of the hat to Nan and Ana for their respective contributions to the diner today. :praise:

A tip of the old bottle to my lips to celebrate making it to Saturday.

Oops! Excuse me. Where are my manors??

I just have to get through one more day from 2 to 10 tonight. :happydance:

I haven't had the opportunity to head hunt since last Monday.

I'm suffering withdrawals for Pete's sake.

I ask everybody I see "hey can you spare an arrowhead man?"

I'm thinking of joining AA.

Arrowheads Anonymous.......

Y'all have a happy day.

I've gotta go find this Pete guy and tell him I'm not suffering anymore for him darnnit.

joe

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"Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in." Will Rogers

Good Morning Joe, Haroula, Cailyn and all who are on their way to the Diner. Joe keeping my fingers crossed you find some arrowheads1 Haroula enjoy your weekend. Cailyn hope all is well with you. Happy Saturday everyone!

Good morning everyone. Today is Robert's Birthday. Some friends are taking him to SeaWorld. Then they are going Midnight bowling tonight. To all here and all who follow, have a Wonderful Saturday. Danish and Waffles in the NC.

Good morning Joe, I hope you have a perfect day tomorrow for head hunting and today goes by smoothly.

Have a great day Haroula, Sue, Gerry, and SpaceQ.

Connie, to Robert.

I am off to Zumba in a few, then I will be in the corner all day and tonight I am making an appearance at a going away for my old work cohort. She is moving to Seattle. Her SO got a job as an engineer for Microsoft to design their new tablet.

Slept like a rock and am now sitting and sipping and surfing. Lots of chores on the agenda for the day. It's going to be in the 70's here today so perhaps we will take a break from life and get the doggies to the park.

Mil had surgery yesterday and should go home today which is a bit soon to me. One of the daughters already had a trip scheduled in so she will be there with her for a week. So far so good, but of course we are holding our collective breath still.

Connie, to Robert. :wave:

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"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." -Roger Caras

Wonderful energetic class this morning, I am glad I dragged myself in. I promised I wouldn't run the dogs but it's already 50 degrees and the dogs are restless so I will take them for a short mile run through the woods later with hubby.

L4L, how is your son feeling? How's the eye? I am happy to hear MIL's surgery went well. What dod she have?